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But the absence of a relationship between average school test scores and incumbents» electoral fortunes in the 2002 and 2004 school board elections raises important questions about the assumptions underlying accountability systems.

The brief statement entitled «Failure is an opportunity for determined people to succeed», said, «This Obasanjo's outburst will definitely contribute more than 40 per cent to President Buhari's electoral fortunes in 2019.

Not exact matches

Just as in general elections, as the electoral pendulum swings so do the fortunes of councillors and would be councillors.

The most important event in Swedish party politics in the past twenty years is the decline in the electoral fortunes of the Social Democratic Party.

At the 2010 congressional elections the Republicans mounted a superb turnaround in their electoral and political fortunes.

But the party will only restore its electoral fortunes when it performs better among white collar (C1) and skilled (C2) voters — those most strongly represented in the southern and midlands marginals.

But, even if we don't go in for a «cult» of leadership, the popularity of a party's leader is one of the most, if not the most important factor in determining that party's electoral fortunes.

Hurricane Sandy, which devastated many of the conservative areas drawn into Mr. Addabbo's district, didn't help Mr. Ulrich's electoral fortunes either, but it's not clear it was decisive in the outcome.

At first, this does not appear to be a major change in the electoral fortunes of the parties but when we look at the revised national shares, the impact is more significant as this suggests that Labour and the Conservatives would be neck and neck in England & Wales rather than the 2.5 point lead the Conservatives actually had.

This seems symptomatic of the worst excesses of Westminster politics: while we might be seeing changes in the parties» fortunes, there is continuity in their electoral practices — a problem exacerbated by the many media outlets putting pressure on party leaders to play that game.

The level of defeat and retrial amongst female Labour MSPs in 2011 means that unless Labour reintroduces a strategy that secures gender balance in its constituency nominations, any future recovery in the party's electoral fortunes could well be accompanied by a reduction in the overall level of female representation.

People who think that promising a second referendum will somehow improve Labour's electoral fortunes should explain their thinking in a bit more depth than this article does.

They explained that failure by the new government to bring the perpetrators to book would affect the electoral fortunes of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the area in the next elections.

The pamphlet, by the Labour - affiliated Fabian Society and Policy Network thinktank, admits Labour has lost ground among the DE bottom social group but says it will only restore its electoral fortunes if it performs better among white - collar and skilled workers, who are strongly represented in marginal seats in the South and Midlands.

While in Ashanti Region, Mr. Awuku made known that he would work closely with all the party's organizers and the grassroots members, who are very important, regarding the party's electoral fortunes.

An NPP «militant» group Bolgatanga Bull Dogs (BBD) in a press release has threatened to scuttle the electoral fortunes of the NPP in 2016 because of the suspension of their National Chairman.

He dismissed the assertion in some quarters that the unending power crisis will affect its electoral fortunes.

The eurozone crisis is expected to help the electoral fortunes of anti-EU parties in May's European elections.

In order to revive its electoral fortunes the Labour party had to abandon much of its socialist baggage and pledge not to reverse changes brought about by 18 years of conservative government.

A man who reduced our electoral fortunes from 50.7 in 2012 to 44.4 in 2016 with all the resources at his disposal?»

The outlook is not good for the party, battered and bruised by a period in coalition that may have done more harm than good to long - term electoral fortunes.

Hidden in the election results is a dramatic change, not just in the parties» fortunes but also in how the very electoral system treats them.

Yet in the 2002 and 2004 elections, published test scores did not influence incumbents» electoral fortunes.